William and Isabella Knowles Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
William Wallace Knowles

Source Data
27 December 1848 at Kildrumferton, Cavan County, Ireland 31 December 1848 at St. Patrick's, Kildrumferton, Cavan County, Ireland

Sponsors:
Isabella Black on 25 January 1877 at St. John Evangelist, Montreal, Quebec, Canada at age 28

Sarah White about 1895 after Isabella died
• from Cavan County to Montreal about 1872
• to Canadian west with NorthWest Mounted Police 1873-1876, returning to Montreal in 1876
• back and forth to Chicago about 1884-1887
• Farmer (later 1860s, early 1870s Letters)
• Policeman (1877-1878 Directories)
• Police Sergeant (1881-1882 Directories)
• Tailor (1881 Census)
• Tailor (1883-1896 Directories)
• Manager of Clothing Store (1887-1891 Directories)
24 March 1897 at 5734 Wabash, Chicago, Illinois at age 48

Cause: Tuberculosis and Phthusis Pulmonolis
27 March 1897 at Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois in Grave J-1-314
Isabella Catherine Black

Source Data
30 November 1853 in the Province of Quebec, Canada, possibly the District of Saguenay   William Wallace Knowles on 25 January 1877 at St. John Evangelist, Montreal, Quebec, Canada at age 23 • to Chicago about 1887 • Dressmaker (1871 Census)
• Dressmaker (1879 -1880 Montreal Directory)
• Dressmaker (1891 Chicago Directory)
1 September 1892 at 5734 Wabash, Chicago, Illinois at age 38

Cause: Cholera
3 September 1892 at Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois in Grave J-1-314
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Margaret Jane Knowles

Source Data
18 April 1878 at 445 Wellington, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 10 July 1878 at St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Religion:
• Baptized as a Presbyterian,
• married by Baptist minister,
• became a Christian Scientist in California
James Oscar Jordan on 30 December 1896 in Chicago, Illinois at age 18

Separated November 1911

Divorced 19 June 1919 in Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago

Married Robert Aaron Graham on 28 June 1920 in Chicago at age 42
• From Montreal with parents to Chicago in late 1888 or 1889
• To California with 2nd husband, Robert Graham about 1934
• Organist and Pianist at Silent Movies Theaters known as Nickelodeons
• First licensed organist in the City of Chicago
20 August 1959 at Pine Tree Lodge, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California at age 81 Place of residence was 135 N. 13th Street, Santa Paula, California, which was her son Art's home.

Cause: Chronic Myocarditis (Unknown Duration)

Due to: General Arteriosclerosis (Unknown Duration)
24 August 1959 service at Forest Lawn Memorial  Parks and Mortuaries, Glendale, California in the Wee Kirk o' the Heather

4 September 1959 cremains inurned at Forest Lawn Memorial  Parks and Mortuaries, Glendale, Californiain in the Columbarium of Consecration, Niche 19049
Isabella Maud Knowles 25 August 1879 in Montreal         28 August 1879 in Montreal at age 3 days about August 1879 in Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal, Canada in Section C, Grave 853-G&H with her grandparents, Thomas and Margaret Black
William Thomas Knowles 5 December 1880 in Montreal         27 December 1880 in Montreal at age 22 days about December 1880 in Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal, Canada in Section C, Grave 853-G&H with his grandparents, Thomas and Margaret Black
William Ralfh Knowles Sep 1883 in Montreal         24 March 1885 in Montreal at age 1.5 years about March 1885 in Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal, Canada in Section C, Grave 853-G&H with his grandparents, Thomas and Margaret Black
Muriel Eulalie Knowles

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20 March 1886 in Montreal 14 July 1886 at St. Matthew's, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Robert Benjamin Woodbury on 19 September 1905 in Chicago at age 19

Divorced in 19xx in Chicago

William Leonhardt unknown date, Chicago
from Montreal to Chicago about 1887   14 July 1975 at Ingall's Memorial Hospital, Harvey, Illinois at age 89.

Place of residence was 13926 Indiana, Riverdale, Illinois
17 July 1975 at Cedar Park, Calumet, Illinois
Wilfred Washington Knowles

Source Data
14 March 1887 in Montreal? (although the Washington middle name suggests Chicago)   Mabel Darlinger in early 1900s, probably in Chicago

Gertrude Wolfenden 5 November 1940 probably in Rock Island, Illinois
from Montreal with parents to Chicago in late 1888 or 1889 Farmer in Rock Island May 1965 in Bradenton, Florida at age 78  

Family Chart Notes
  1. Clicking individual names under the Parent's/Children's column transfers to that individual's Family Chart.
  2. The USA naturalization date unclear. It could be February 1889. If so he had moved to USA and probably Chicago as soon as 1884.
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